AmEx weighs anti-SeaWorld petition

Published 5:32 pm, Tuesday, August 26, 2014

SAN ANTONIO — American Express indicated it will review an online petition urging it to end a multiyear partnership with SeaWorld.

More than 20,000 people already have signed the Change.org petition, which follows a similar effort to persuade Southwest Airlines to sever its ties with SeaWorld due to the controversy surrounding its captivity of marine mammals.

Southwest Airlines last month announced it would end a 26-year partnership with Orlando, Florida-based SeaWorld because of “shifting priorities.”

An American Express spokeswoman told the Orlando Sentinel that the credit card company was aware of the petition and was “reviewing the comments.”